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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2018 Mar 21;63(6):1572–1582. doi: 10.1007/s10620-018-5021-8

Table 4b.

Relationships of Sexual Interest and Satisfactiona, and Quality of Life, Patient Outcome Measures and Disease Characteristics in Women

Interest in Sexual Activity Satisfaction with Sex Life
Mean (SD) Mean (SD)

CD(n=1186) p value UC(n=643) p value CD(n=897) p value UC(n=505) p value
Disease activity
Q1 43 (11) <0.01 41 (10) 0.11 48 (8) <0.01 47 (7) 0.10
Q2 41 (11) 39 (10) 47 (8) 46 (7)
Q3 40 (11) 40 (11) 47 (8) 46 (8)
Q4 39 (12) 39 (12) 45 (8) 45 (8)
SIBDQb
Q1 43 (11) <0.01 42 (10) <0.01 49 (8) <0.01 49 (7) <0.01
Q2 41 (11) 41 (10) 48 (8) 47 (7)
Q3 41 (11) 39 (11) 46 (8) 45 (8)
Q4 39 (12) 38 (11) 44 (8) 44 (7)
Depression
Q1 43 (11) <0.01 41 (11) 0.01 49 (8) <0.01 48 (8) <0.01
Q2 42 (11) 41 (10) 48 (8) 47 (7)
Q3 40 (11) 40 (10) 46 (7) 45 (7)
Q4 39 (12) 38 (12) 44 (8) 44 (8)
Anxiety
Q1 43 (11) <0.01 40 (10) <0.01 49 (8) <0.01 47 (7) <0.01
Q2 41 (11) 42 (10) 48 (8) 47 (8)
Q3 40 (11) 40 (11) 46 (8) 46 (7)
Q4 39 (12) 37 (11) 44 (8) 44 (7)
Fatigue
Q1 43 (11) <0.01 42 (10) <0.01 49 (8) <0.01 48 (8) <0.01
Q2 41 (11) 41 (10) 48 (8) 47 (7)
Q3 41 (11) 38 (10) 46 (8) 44 (7)
Q4 38 (12) 38 (12) 45 (9) 44 (7)
Sleep
Q1 42 (11) 0.03 41 (10) <0.01 49 (8) <0.01 48 (7) <0.01
Q2 41 (11) 41 (11) 47 (8) 46 (7)
Q3 41 (11) 39 (11) 46 (8) 45 (7)
Q4 40 (12) 37 (11) 46 (8) 44 (7)
Pain
Q1 43 (11) 0.04 43 (11) <0.01 49 (8) <0.01 48 (8) <0.01
Q2 41 (11) 39 (11) 48 (8) 46 (7)
Q3 41 (11) 40 (11) 47 (8) 46 (7)
Q4 39 (13) 36 (11) 46 (9) 43 (8)
Prednisone Use
Yes 39 (12) 0.04 40 (11) 0.96 46 (8) 0.34 47 (8) 0.38
No 41 (11) 40 (11) 47 (8) 46 (7)
Perianal Disease
Yes 40 (12) 0.16 n/a n/a 46 (8) 0.08 n/a n/a
No 41 (11) n/a 47 (8) n/a
Current Ostomy
Yes 42 (13) 0.47 40 (10) 0.95 48 (8) 0.14 45 (8) 0.67
No 41 (11) 40 (11) 47 (8) 46 (8)
IPAA
Yes n/a n/a 39 (11) 0.31 n/a n/a 46 (8) 0.97
No n/a 40 (11) n/a 46 (8)
a

Satisfaction with sex life scores calculated from among those who were sexually active within past 30 days.

b

SIBDQ scores range from 10–70.

p values comparing differences between groups in each category.